states, united kingdom and ireland. fighting continues in syria and tensions escalate in iran's nuclear program. we also have watched violent attacks on u.s. embassies in arab countries. saudi arabia is the leading player in the region that is experiencing an uncertain future. i'm pleased to have for instance turki al-faisal back on this program. welcome. >> thank you, it's a pleasure to be here and a privilege. >> let me talk about syria. what worries you about syria? >> may i take this opportunity first to tell you, charlie, that the kingdom's 80th birthday would take place four days from now? and according to the greg born calendar. according to the other calendar it will be 82 years old. and throughout these 80 some years that we have had our kingdom everybody keeps talking about anen certain future for the kingdom. and because of the sagacity of the people of saudi arabia and the good will of the leadership and the government we have survived pretty well so far. we have many problems to face, including syria. many